... endangered. The whaling industry, in which whales are slaughtered for oil and meat, has led many whale species to the brink of extinction. The African black rhinoceros, killed for its horn, which is prized as a medicine and aphrodisiac, is also critically endangered. The great auk and the passenger pigeon became extinct in the 19th and early 20th centuries because of over ... many legends about these animals. People believe that chewing rhinoceros meat is said to cure dysentery; the umbilical stump is boiled to make a soup that heals rheumatism and arthritis; a rhinoceros horn is valued...

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... that he even lost all interest in playing the piano. It took Evans almost six months to work again with his own trio. To replace LaFaro he brought in bassist Chuck Israels alongside Paul Motian. Desperate for money to keep his addiction going, as well as to pay for rent, Evans began working in early 1962 with his new trio. The ... -8th 1980, and several others. The three men achieved a rare degree of unity in ensemble, accompaniment and solo settings. Marc Johnson's choice of notes is often related with closer to Chuck Isreals than to Scotty LaFaro. Joe LaBarbera continued to develop the...

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... of remembrance and is the Jewish New-Year, one of the holiest of days on the calendar. This is a day of reflection and planning for the year to come. A rams horn is blown in the synagogue on this day. Days of Awe are the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur where the reflection of the year continues. Yom Kippur is ... of remembrance and is the Jewish New-Year, one of the holiest of days on the calendar. This is a day of reflection and planning for the year to come. A rams horn is blown in the synagogue on this day. Days of Awe are the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur where...

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... era of well-watered, free land was drawing to a close. A warning had been given in 1880 by the Director of the Census that the era of free land was closing (Horn 130). The swift expansion across the Great Plains was, in part, a rush of American farmers who wanted to take part in free and cheap land in areas that were well ... told only for individual railroads. "In and all-out campaign to lure settlers, railroad land offices churned out reams of propaganda that painted the prairies and plains as a veritable paradise." (Horn 194) Railroads were not always scrupulous in their colonization...

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... older sisters, and older brother. The only thing that I could remember before that day was when I was playing in Jamaica. I was playing on a dirt trail, when a black car blew its horn. That same black car pulled up right next to the house where I was staying. A white lady with blonde hair exited her vehicle and went into her house. All of the ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School